Assembly Bill A5447

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the anti-bullying bill of rights act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A5447 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ed L, generally; add §§240.33, 240.34 & 70.31, Pen L; add §168-b, Exec L; add §98-d, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A3146

2011-A5447 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "anti-bullying bill of rights act"; establishes the bullying prevention fund; establishes the crimes of aggravated harassment of teachers and school personnel and bias intimidation and establishes the New York state commission on bullying in schools.

2011-A5447 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5447

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, the penal law, the executive law  and
  the  state finance law, in relation to establishing the "anti-bullying
  bill of rights act" and establishes the New York state  commission  on
  bullying   in  schools;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  certain
  provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "anti-bullying bill of rights act".
  S 2. Legislative intent. In recent years, the  state  legislature  has
taken  several  steps  to  ensure that school pupils, teachers and other
personnel are provided with a safe and secure  learning  environment  on
all  school  property. Through the enactment of provisions requiring the
fingerprinting of a school  district's  prospective  employees  and  the
enactment  of  the  safe  schools against violence in education act, the
legislature has ensured the increased safety of our schools. However, to
address concerns that harassment of pupils and school personnel  through
acts  of  harassment, intimidation or bullying can be both disruptive to
the learning process and harmful, mentally and/or physically to intended
victims, the legislature finds that enactment  of  this  legislation  to
prohibit  bullying  on  school  property is necessary and appropriate to
further ensure that New York state's public schools be made as  safe  as
possible.
  S  3.  Section  305 of the education law is amended by adding four new
subdivision 42, 43, 44 and 45 to read as follows:
  42. (A) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH RECOGNIZED  EXPERTS  IN
SCHOOL  BULLYING FROM A CROSS SECTION OF ACADEMIA, CHILD ADVOCACY ORGAN-
IZATIONS,  NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATIONS,  PROFESSIONAL   ASSOCIATIONS,   AND
GOVERNMENT  AGENCIES,  SHALL ESTABLISH IN-SERVICE WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08959-01-1
              

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